Character plot

[itwouldbeatragedy]

Hi guys! I mentioned in the plot post for the last event that after things went back to normal, Kaneki would be going a little crazy with hunger. He will attack any humans (or beings roughly analogous to humans and/or in human bodies) he comes across, trying to feed. If anyone's interested in having a character follow up on Rocket's post about cannibals from the memory-swap event, this is the chance! :>

I've put up an open log here, so anyone who wants to jump in can. However, I wanted to offer this OOC plot post as well in case anyone wanted to make use of it (since I don't have a Plurk account, this will be the easiest way for anyone who wants to be involved, but wants to hash things out first to do so).

There are a few ways that an encounter with berzerk!Kaneki can go, depending on the other character's powers/skills/constitution:

1. Kaneki tries to attack and his prey either runs away or beats him off without injury.
2. Kaneki attacks and injures, but doesn't kill his victim.
3. Kaneki attacks and kills his victim.
4. Kaneki attacks and his would-be victim shows him what for.
5. Kaneki attacks and his would-be victim kills his ass.

So while Kaneki will try to eat at least a little of anyone he encounters, that isn't the only possible outcome of running into him, so anyone interested in running into him, but not in injury or death, is absolutely welcome to tag into the log. Just let me know your preferences for how the encounter should go down either here or through PM.

I currently have no plans for how this escapade will end, but if no one volunteers to stop him, he will eventually be sated enough to come to his senses on his own.

If anyone is interested in stop[ing him, here is a little info about ghouls that might be helpful. Ghouls can't be injured by normal weapons, so regular blades, bullets, etc. won't do much good. They're roughly 3-4 times stronger than a normal human, but a very stong human (or a super-powered/supernatural type person who is normally much stronger than a human) would be able to use blunt force attacks to stall or stop one. They're also at least that much faster than humans.

Lastly, ghouls have an extra appendage called a kagune that they can produce or retract at will. Kaneki's looks like this--it's like three tentacle like appendages that come out of the right side of his lower back. This particular type can cut through most normal substances, but can also be used like a prehensile tail or a blunt weapon, depending on the circumstances.

Since supernatural powers don't feature in Kaneki's canon, there's more flexibility with those. I'm fine with him being killed if someone has a character who's capable of doing so (I'm sure that about half of the people currently in the Mansion would be capable of it).

I'm happy to figure things out with anyone who wants to be involved. I'm also happy to answer any questions anyone might have. :3

Comments

[lightgunhustler]

I am super interested in this but I'm still on hiatus for a couple more weeks! If it's still going then I will definitely toss someone into it in some capacity but even if it's over by then, expect Lily to be following up with him when I get back because she is concerned and also I think she will be troubled by the difference between hearing about his ghoul issues and seeing them in action.

[itwouldbeatragedy]

Sure! I think this will be fairly small in scope time-wise (compared to demon!Dean anyway), but we can either do something in the aftermath with him and Lily, or we can back tag on it? I'm cool with pretty much anything.

[lightgunhustler]

Sounds good! Whatever route we go, they will definitely be talking because this is kind of a big deal, Kaneki. <3

[itwouldbeatragedy]

sob ♥

[sorryitasedyou]

Hey yo Kaneki - tell Darcy all about your big secret. My life calms down next week but I would totally be up for a run-in of some sort if you're game. Probably not death since she just had a bad run-in with demon!dean before he was cured.

We could do something in the coffee shop!

[itwouldbeatragedy]

Sure! What a way to find out the truth about why he won't eat muffins...

If you want to, you can put a starter on the log and then just tag back on it when you've got time? Or wait until then and tag the log, or we can handwave too, of course!)

[sorryitasedyou]

LOL OMG LIFE I'm gonna say handwaving might be a safe bet since it took me a lot longer to get to my inbox than I'd anticipated.

[itwouldbeatragedy]

No worries! I'm going to put up a post for him sometime this weekend, so we can have them talk there?

[sorryitasedyou]

sounds perfect - look forward to it. After being held hostage by a demon, a ghoul who likes coffee can't be as weird.

[itwouldbeatragedy]

At least he isn't actually evil? That might be a point in his favor.

[sorryitasedyou]

definite point in his favor. And he likes coffee so she was already a fan.

[freewill]

WHY HELLO THERE. I believe that Cas promised that if this ever happened, he would stop Kaneki, soooo if you want that to be a thing it totally can be!

[itwouldbeatragedy]

Certainly! Kerry mentioned having Lydia involved somehow in stopping Kaneki, but I am all for Cas being part of it. He's one of the people in the mansion who I know for sure could do it.

[freewill]

Awesome! Cas and Lydia know each other so it's feasible for them to be working together.

[itwouldbeatragedy]

Very good. :3 Although I'm sure that Cas will be able to sense the BLACK HOLE OF HUNGER Kaneki is going to be for a day or two.

[intelligently]

YES I was just coming here to say something on these lines
AKA if anyone dies Lydia would alert someone and since Cas has already popped in then she will go text up the angel
and if no one ends up dying then she can just tell him I feel a big sense of danger something is happening?? :D

also available for #1 since they had the "I'm hungry" thread and could unluckily run across each other again??
she could get away from her scream? I am canon blind but read over his history a little about ghoul stuff and it sounds supernatural-y?? banshee screams can only be heard by the supernatural so if he tried attacking her she could scream (which might throw him back a bit/at least hurt his ears?) and then run. she's good at the running part
maybe? :D

[freewill]

Yes, I think that Cas would definitely be able to sense that something was off, but we can also have it that Lydia is the one to narrow it down? Either way, they can figure it out together...

[itwouldbeatragedy]

It's hard tip say if ghouls are supernatural or not--it's not something that's ever addressed in the canon. Their biology is discussed though, so out seems like they're considered to be naturally existing. HOWEVER, he definitely isn't human (at least physically), so if that's what it takes to be considered supernatural, I'm cool with that. :)

[seesthetruth]

Okay, if Cas is stopping him, then I'll go with him not killing her. Injuring with Loki showing up to save her sound good? Gabe said she wants Loki involved. She'll try to talk Loki down, or alternatively, she can be severely injured enough he'd have no choice but to put his power into keeping her alive instead of attacking Kaneki. Whichever you two prefer. Or if you guys have other ideas, I'm game!

I'm excited for this!

[itwouldbeatragedy]

Me too! Loki might ultimately need to attack Kaneki to drive him off, but the rest of the encounter will depend on how badly Verity is hurt, I imagine.

[hashtagging]

Loki would so be for attacking Kankei. If Verity seemed to need him, though, from being injured, he could be called off relatively easily. She would be the primary focus.

[itwouldbeatragedy]

I think that would work! He's free to do damage to Kaneki, too.

[hashtagging]

I think he'll probably hit him with a magic bolt first, just as an instant reaction, which might knock him some distance. Then Verity can call him off going after him?

[itwouldbeatragedy]

That sounds good. It might be enough for Kaneki to come to his senses a little and realize A) whoops that's a kind-of-friend he just hurt and B) whoops again, he is probably going to get his ass kicked. He won't be able to control himself for long, but long enough for him to leave them alone, probably.

[hashtagging]

Let me know if that response isn't okay/needs any tweaking or anything!

[itwouldbeatragedy]

It looks good! Then let's have the tagging order from here be Loki, Verity, then Kaneki (unless you want me to response directly to Loki instead).

[seesthetruth]

/pokes back in here.

Are you going to do an aftermath log thinger? Ver's gonna wanna talk to him again and she's gonna try to smooth things over between him and Loki. XD

[itwouldbeatragedy]

Yep! My plan is to make a post for Kaneki in the next week or so, depending on how a few of the threads on the current log go. ICly, the delay will be because guilt. :c But I'm looking forward to doing aftermath stuff. :3

[radiopalkiller]

SO ABOUT YOUR PHILIP-FLAVOURED SNACK. Anything on the "injured but not killed" spectrum is a+ by me. We already talked about it a bit, the only thing Philip really has at his disposal is a gun, and maybe some trickery with explosives in the tunnels.

Another joker card I can offer is that it turns out that mostly-but-not-actually-quite-human!Philip actually turns out to taste absolutely disgusting to ghouls and we pull an "EW, NEVER MIND THEN", shark attack style.

[itwouldbeatragedy]

Lol I'm not sure Philip is inhuman sought to elicit that reaction. Hmm, maybe the whole telepathy thing would throw Kaneki off?

[radiopalkiller]

WELL I MEAN HAVE YOU LOOKED AT ALL THE DELICIOUS ANIMALS THAT GHOULS AREN'T EATING JUST BECAUSE THEY TASTE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM HUMAN, they are obviously RIDICULOUSLY picky and should be ashamed of themselBUT OKAY FAIR ENOUGH ummmmmmm let me think some more, I'm trying to figure out if Philip would even use his telepathy, because it seems like... a situation with not much to talk about, as soon as he gets attacked.

I will definitely TRY to aim for that though, but maybe let's see if there's another thing we can use as a back-up plan.

- You mentioned something about the mucous membranes being vulnerable? If Philip shoots the bullets he has at Kaneki, maybe he'll get lucky with a shot or two to his eyes or such, and temporarily slow Kaneki down enough to get the hell outta dodge?

- attack in the kitchen SET ON FIRE WITH COOKING ALCOHOL AND RUN

- If there is somebody else scheduled to be attacked around the same time (I'd go for Wed 20, early morning to noon) then maybe their arrival could distract Kaneki long enough for Philip to escape?

- TUNNELS I think it probably doesnt sound be feasible for Philip to actually lose Kaneki down there since super speed, but maybe if he fell/jumped through one of the cracks Kaneki would not bother trying to go after him?

- pushing... library... shelves on.... top of him until he gives up?

uhhhh ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF??!?!

[itwouldbeatragedy]

A-as much as I adore the image of Kaneki being crushed by library books, I think that the shooting him in the eye thing would work best? I mean, he'd be at pretty close range, especially if he manages to bite a chunk out of him, so it might be doable?